Sarah Vowell, "Assassination Vacation"

"Every time someone would die - a cousin or grandparent or Elvis - some relative or preacher would there-there it away by saying that God has a plan, and we simply have no way of knowing what that plan is. But we did know. We learned about His plan every week at Sunday school. It's called Armageddon." (p. 253-254)

Funny or Die

The banks have billions of dollars to get their message out, but your speech is free. Contact your senators about the CPFA. Nothing annoys them more then having to do their jobs."
-Dana Carvey, "Funny or Die"

Fresh Air

"The thing I learned that I could tell you today is never to lose your temper...because anger is a very, very important emotion and you must never ever share important emotions with strangers, because you will only lose face, because none of it is important to them"
- James Clavell (via Michael Caine), "Fresh Air"

The Disappearance

"Elvir had only her tears to link the two realities, that of a life yesterday...and death, which was eternal right from the first moment."
-Genevieve Jurgensen, "The Disappearance"

This American Life

"A warning to sensitive listeners, he [Alex Bloomberg] is actually going to be describing the legislative process of the United States of America"

-Ira Glass, This American Life "Houses of Ill Repute"

The West Wing

Leo: "You should blame the Constitution."
President Bartlett: "That's what I usually do."


-20 Hours in L.A., "The West Wing"

Sue Monk Kidd

"That's the only purpose grand enough for a human life.  Not just to love - but to persist in love"
-Sue Monk Kidd, "The Secret Life of Bees"


"More than once, while staring at the wall, I'd thought of Our Lady.  I wanted to talk to her, to say, Where do I go from here?  But when I'd seen her earlier, when August and I had first come in, she didn't look like she could be of service to anybody, bound up with all that chain around her.  You want the one you're praying to at least to look capable."
-Sue Monk Kidd, "The Secret Life of Bees"


"I decided against marrying altogether.  There were enough restrictions in my life without someone expecting me to wait on him hand and foot.  Not that I'm against marrying, Lily.  I'm just against how it's set up."
-Sue Monk Kidd, "The Secret Life of Bees"